@eyal-poly/secret-config v1.1.2

secret-config

A flexible and secure configuration management library for Node.js applications, designed to simplify environment variable handling and secret management in Google Secrets Manager

Features

• 🔒 Secure environment variable validation
• 🔑 Secret management with flexible configuration
• 🌍 Environment-aware configuration loading
• 📦 Easy integration with Google Cloud

Installation

npm install @eyal-poly/secret-config

Quick Start

const SecretConfig = require("./secretConfig");

async function initializeApp() {
  try {
    const config = new SecretConfig();

    config
      .addSecret("databaseUri", "DATABASE_URI")
      .addSecret("apiKey", "API_KEY");

    await config.initialize();

    const configuration = config.get();
    console.log(configuration.databaseUri);
  } catch (error) {
    console.error("Configuration initialization failed", error);
  }
}

Configuration Options

Environment Variables

The library supports the following environment variables:

Custom Initialization

You can customize the configuration during initialization:

const config = new SecretConfig({
  projectId: "custom-project-id",
  environment: "staging",
  secretCacheTTL: 7200000, // 2 hours
});

Methods

• addSecret(key, secretNamePostfix): Add a secret to be loaded
• initialize(): Load secrets and prepare configuration
• get(): Retrieve the loaded configuration

Error Handling

The library provides clear error messages for:

• Missing required environment variables
• Secret loading failures
• Uninitialized configuration access

Security

• Validates required environment variables
• Supports secret caching
• Designed for secure secret management

Compatible Environments

• Node.js 18.x and above
• Google Cloud
• Various cloud and on-premises environments

Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch
3. Commit your changes
4. Push to the branch
5. Create a Pull Request

License

Your License - e.g., MIT

Support

For issues, please file a GitHub issue in the repository.